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Overview

User Rating:
6.9/10   578 votes
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Director:
Chris Menges
Writer:
Shawn Slovo (writer)
Contact:
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Release Date:
17 June 1988 (USA) more
Genre:
Drama more
Tagline:
South Africa, 1963. A mother's love. A family's courage.
Plot:
A White enclave in Johannesburg, South Africa, in the 1960s. Molly Roth, 13 years old, is the daughter of leftist parents... more | add synopsis
Awards:
Won BAFTA Film Award. Another 6 wins & 4 nominations more
NewsDesk:
(2 articles)
Kidman flies around 'Bee'
 (From Monsters and Critics. 10 July 2009, 3:38 PM, PDT)

Nicole Kidman Adopts A ‘Little Bee’
 (From MTV Movies Blog. 10 July 2009, 6:00 AM, PDT)

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Stunning... more (9 total)

Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)
Jodhi May ... Molly Roth
Jeroen Krabbé ... Gus Roth

Barbara Hershey ... Diana Roth
Nadine Chalmers ... Yvonne Abelson
Maria Pilar ... Spanish Dance Teacher
Kate Fitzpatrick ... June Abelson

Tim Roth ... Harold
Phyllis Naidoo ... Sareda
Linda Mvusi ... Elsie
Carolyn Clayton-Cragg ... Miriam Roth
Yvonne Bryceland ... Bertha
Mackay Tickey ... Milius
Merav Gruer ... Jude Roth
Albee Lesotho ... Solomon
Clement Muchachi ... Sipho
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Additional Details

Runtime:
UK:112 min | USA:113 min
Country:
UK | Zimbabwe
Language:
English
Color:
Color (Metrocolor)
Sound Mix:
Dolby
Filming Locations:
Zimbabwe

Fun Stuff

Trivia:
First film of Jude Akuwidike. more

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Stunning..., 21 June 2000
10/10
Author: zooey from Laramie, Wyoming

Jodhi May deserved an Oscar for her work. All told, this is one of the finest coming-of-age stories I've ever seen filmed. And its ending is one of the saddest and most powerful ever - alongside "At Play in the Fields of the Lord."

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